The Vietnam War brought to light the necessity of a specialized, armed aircraft to assist and supply fire support for transport helicopters in combat situations. In response, Bell Helicopter, the ...
The U.S. Marine Corps’s AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter possess a little-known capability. In addition to attacking ground and sea targets, they’re capable of fighting other helicopters — and, in a ...
The fighter jet has been constantly transforming and advancing since the very first aircraft of its type, the Messerschmitt Me 262, but it took a bit longer for a true attack helicopter to arrive. In ...
The AH-1 Cobra’s performance in Grenada underscored its value as a flexible and lethal platform in low-intensity conflicts. Developed by Bell Helicopter in the 1960s, the AH-1 Cobra was the United ...
CLARK AIR BASE, PHILIPPINES: US Marine helicoptor pilots prepare their AH-1W "Super Cobra" attack helicopter for flight operation at Clark Air Base, 04 November 2003. All snakes shed their skin and ...
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- A Fort Drum-based operation that brought in tens of millions of dollars for the Army by rebuilding and selling AH-1 Cobra helicopters is about to ship its last four aircraft, ...
The US Marine Corps issued a request for information for its Attack Utility Replacement Aircraft (AURA) programme, formally launching its search for a rotorcraft to succeed the Vietnam War-era Bell UH ...
Delivery of the AH-1Zs also comes amid a broader resurgence in interest in modern attack helicopters among NATO’s Eastern European members in response to the conflict in Ukraine — with the possible ...
Has Bell's rebuild of the AH-1 to the Z standard given it the combat potency to rival other modern attack helicopters? We fly it to find out With more units deployed around the world, both on and ...